Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or being foolish. I read his book 'On Writing' before I read pretty much any of his fiction.

Give me just enough information so that I can lie convincingly.

I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.

All I ask is that you do as well as you can, and remember that, while to write adverbs is human, to write he said or she said is divine.

I made a very conscious effort to finish 'The Cypress House' before 'So Cold the River' launched, because I thought that would help build a buffer between my writing and any impact that came from either the success or the failure of that first book.

God is cruel. Sometimes he makes you live.